Distinguished Iowa Scientist
- 1980 Paul Meglitsch; Joseph Danforth
- 1981 Wallace E. Akin; Roger Bachmann; Ray W. Fisher; Edward Fletcher
- 1982 Richard V. Bovbjerg; John D. Dodd; Alton K. Fisher; Don C. Norton; Roger W. Tate; Lois Hattery Tiffany
- 1983 David W. Staniforth
- 1984 Wilbert A. Russell
- 1985 Walter F. Wedin
- 1986 Marr D. Simons
- 1987 Robert H. Shaw
- 1988 Peter A. Peterson
- 1989 Donald A. Gurnett; Cecil R. Stewart
- 1990 No Award
- 1991 Louis Thompson
- 1992 No Award
- 1993 No Award
- 1994 M. Ali Tabatabai
- 1995 No Award
- 1996 David W. Benn
- 1997 James Dinsmore; Charles E. Glatz
- 1998 No Award
- 1999 Steve Feller
- 2000 Erwin E. Klaas
- 2001 Richard G. Baker
- 2002 No Award
- 2003 No Award
- 2004 Arnold van der Valk; Wendy Powers
- 2005 No Award
- 2006 Robert C. Brown; Donald R. Farrar
- 2007 No Award
- 2008 No Award
- 2009 No Award
- 2010 No Award
- 2011 Lloyd Anderson, Iowa State University; Anthanasios Papanicolaou, University of Iowa; Mark Stinski, University of Iowa
- 2012 No Award
- 2013 No Award
- 2014 Donald C. Beitz, Iowa State University
- 2015 Harry T. Horner, Iowa State University
- 2016 No Award